A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Scincidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Peters' Banded SkinkScincopus fasciatus (Peters, 1864) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scincus albifasciatus Boulenger, 1890 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sandfish SkinkScincus conirostris Blanford, 1881 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scincus hemprichii Wiegmann, 1837 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arabian Sand SkinkScincus mitranus Anderson, 1871 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sandfish SkinkScincus scincus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sandy Limbless SkinkScolecoseps acontias (Werner, 1913) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scolecoseps ashei Malonza, Nyamache & Bwong, 2024 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boulenger's Limbless SkinkScolecoseps boulengeri Loveridge, 1920 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scolecoseps broadleyi Verburgt, Verburgt & Branch, 2018 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Litipo sand skinkScolecoseps litipoensis Broadley, 1995 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Albert's (Burrowing) SkinkSepsina alberti Hewitt, 1929 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Angola SkinkSepsina angolensis Bocage, 1866 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bayon's SkinkSepsina bayonii (Bocage, 1866) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Luanda burrowing skinkSepsina caluanda Parrinha, Marques, DE Sousa, Andrade, Bauer & Ceríaco, 2025 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sepsina SkinkSepsina copei Bocage, 1873 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Four-fingered SkinkSepsina tetradactyla Peters, 1874 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spotted Eastern Ghats skinkSepsophis punctatus Beddome, 1870 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sigaloseps balios Sadlier, Bauer & Wood, 2014 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sigaloseps pisinnus Sadlier, Shea, Whitaker, Bauer & Wood, 2014 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sigaloseps ruficauda Sadlier & Bauer, 1999 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blue-speckled Forest-skinkSilvascincus murrayi (Boulenger, 1887) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Simiscincus aurantiacus Sadlier & Bauer, 1997 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pointed-headed SphenomorphusSphenomorphus acutus (Peters, 1864) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sphenomorphus alfredi (Boulenger, 1898) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Perak Forest SkinkSphenomorphus annamiticus (Boettger, 1901) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sphenomorphus annectens (Boulenger, 1898) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Long-toed Forest SkinkSphenomorphus anomalopus (Boulenger, 1890) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sphenomorphus anotus Greer, 1973 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sphenomorphus apalpebratus Datta-Roy, Das, Bauer, Lyngdoh-Tron & Karanth, 2013 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sphenomorphus bacboensis (Eremchenko, 2003) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sphenomorphus bignelli Schmidt, 1932 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sphenomorphus brunneus Greer & Parker, 1974 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sphenomorphus buenloicus Darevsky & Nguyen Van Sang, 1983 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sphenomorphus buettikoferi (Lidth de Jeude, 1905) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cameron Highlands Forest SkinkSphenomorphus cameronicus Smith, 1924 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elegant Forest SkinkSphenomorphus concinnatus (Boulenger, 1887) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sphenomorphus consobrinus (Peters & Doria, 1878) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Medog SkinkSphenomorphus courcyanus (Annandale, 1912) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Crane’s SkinkSphenomorphus cranei Schmidt, 1932 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sphenomorphus crassus Inger, Lian, Lakim & Yambun, 2001 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sphenomorphus cryptotis Darevsky, Orlov & Cuc, 2004 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blue-headed Forest SkinkSphenomorphus cyanolaemus Inger & Hosmer, 1965 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Darlington‘s Forest skinkSphenomorphus darlingtoni (Loveridge, 1945) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| De Rooij’s Forest SkinkSphenomorphus derooyae (de Jong, 1927) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diwata SphenomorphusSphenomorphus diwata Brown & Rabor, 1967 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dussumier's Forest SkinkSphenomorphus dussumieri (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Banded SphenomorphusSphenomorphus fasciatus (Gray, 1845) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sphenomorphus forbesi (Boulenger, 1888) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sphenomorphus fragosus Greer & Parker, 1967 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.